“Did you ever love any one before coming here?”
“I loved my nurse, and my flowers.”
“Was that all?”
“I also loved my valet.”
“Do you regret your nurse and your valet?”
“I wept very much when they died.”
“Did they die since you have been here, or before you came?”
“They died the evening before I was carried off.”
“Both at the same time?”
“Yes, both at the same time.”